VALERIUS SANFORD

Background

Sanford, Valerius was born on August 25, 1923 in Ripley, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Valerius and Mary (Savage) Sanford.

Education

Virginia Military Institute. Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1949).

Order of the Coif. Life Member, Judicial Conference for the Sixth Circuit.

Career

Associate firm Waring, Walker, Cox & Lewis, Memphis, 1949-1950, Clement & Clement, Nashville, 1950-1953. Individual practice law, 1953-1959. Partner firm Clement, Sanford & Fisher, 1959-1963, Gullett, Sanford & Robinson, Nashville, since 1963.

Chairman Tennessee Law Revision Commission, 1963-1967. Secretary Tennessee Board Law Examiners, 1979-1980, vice president, 1980-1982, president, 1982-1986.

Achievements

• Bar: Tennessee 1949.

Religion

God gives us the Holy Spirit, and when we respond, there is no limit to what the grace of God is able to do in a human life.

Politics

Christian men and women should pursue positions of public leadership and service within the government at the local, state, and federal levels.

Views

Anyone may appear in hardship and poverty. Never give up in pursuit of happiness and one day you will find yourself in the right place, where God gives the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association, American Judicature Society (director 1966-1969), American Law Institute.

Connections

Married Betty Bellis, February 27, 1947. Children: Mary, Elizabeth, William.

Father:

William Valerius Sanford

Mother:

Mary (Savage) Sanford

Spouse:

Betty Bellis

child:

Mary Sanford

child:

Elizabeth Sanford

child:

William Sanford